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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

GENERAL
Sunsari Technical College Journal (STCJ) publishes papers reporting original research work, critical up-to-date research notes, topics of current interest and brief communications on all aspects of biomedical and scientific research. The articles should be submitted to editorial@stc.edu.np. The received manuscripts will be subjected editorial decision and to blind peer review process before acceptance.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
It is necessary to send along with the manuscript, an undertaking signed by all the authors that

  1. The contents, in whole or in part, for the paper entitled “……..” submitted to Sunsari Technical College Journal (STCJ) have not been published and are not under the consideration of any other Journal for publication
  2. If accepted for publication in STCJ, the contents in whole or in part will not be published in any other Journal
  3. Authorship of the paper will not be questioned by any one of the authors or by any other person whose name is not given
  4. The Editor-in-Chief, the members of the Editorial Board, Managing Editors and Scientific Advisory Committee, Sunsari Technical College Journal and the Publisher will not be responsible for either the views expressed in the article, or any possible controversy regarding the authorship of the paper.
  5. Author should also ensure ethical committee clearance, if required. The undertaking should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief at the following address, till further notification :
  6. Copy right form including the signature of all the authors, should be provided during submission.

CATEGORIES OF PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

Original Article:
The articles should not exceed 3000 words excluding references and abstracts and should describe new and confirmed findings. The article should be divided into Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results & Discussion and References. It should be comprehensive, and critical on the topic of importance.

Short Communication:
A short communication should not exceed 1500 words and present a record of completed short investigation giving details of new methods or findings. Short communications may be preliminary reports for priority, development of newer methods, techniques, or new theories. The article should be divided into Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results & Discussion and References.

Case Reports:
Case reports of special biomedical interest and Letter to Editor will be considered for publication.

Review articles/ Mini Reviews:
Concise reviews and mini reviews from eminent scientists/research workers are also invited. Review articles should not exceed 3,000 words.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
Title Page: This page should be concise, descriptive and informative. It should include:

  1. The title of the work
  2. The category under which submitted
  3. The authors’ full names (first name, middle initial(s),and surname)
  4. Affiliations (the name of department (if any), institution, city and state or country where the work was done), indicating which authors are associated with which affiliation
  5. The name, address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the corresponding author.

TEXT
The text should include the following :

Abstract should be restricted to summary of the important results and conclusion only without general statements. It should not exceed 250 words and be on first page without abbreviations and references. Up to 3-10 keywords should also be given at the end of the abstract. Introduction should define the reason for the study, the nature of the problem, and its relation to previous work, quoting the references by numbers within brackets in the order in which they are cited. Materials and Methods should contain sources of special chemicals, kits, animals, case material and all the actual methods employed briefly with references. Results and Discussion may be given separately or combined according to the discretion of the authors. Present the results in logical sequence using appropriate, tables and figures without duplication. Indicate the conclusions that may be drawn and place them in the context of a critical appraisal of previous work. Distinguish clearly new information from previous findings, and speculation from fact. Problems arising out of the study may be identified, and relevant hypotheses may be generated. Abbreviations and Units: Standard abbreviations should be used after giving the full names first time along with the abbreviation in parenthesis. Quantities and units should be as SI units or according to international practice. Concentrations be expressed on molar basis and Enzyme units as IU/L whenever possible.

Figures (with Legend) and Tables: To appear on separate pages and numbered consecutively (1, 2 etc.). Only standard symbols should be used for figures. Tables should have brief titles and without vertical lines. Statistical significance to be given as foot-note to the tables.

Acknowledgement: This should be brief. Personal acknowledgements will not be printed.

Statistics: Statistics should be completed in consultation with a biostatistician.

Drug names: Use generic names with the trade name in parenthesis.

References: This should be numbered in order of citation in the text at appropriate place in brackets in line with the text (e.g. 1). References in the end must be on separate sheets in serial order. They must be complete in Vancouver format. List all authors; if the number is seven or more, cite first six names followed by et al.

References must be in Vancouver Style given in the following format.

Articles
Harris EK. Statistical principles underlying analytic goal-setting in clinical chemistry. Am J Clin Pathol 1979; 72:374-82. Savory J, Wills MR. Trace metals: essential nutrients or toxins. Clin Chem 1992;38:1565-73.

Supplements
Williams DN. Reducing costs and hospital stay for pneumonia with home intravenous cefotaxime treatment: Results with a computerized ambulatory drug delivery system. Am J Med 1994; 97(Suppl 2A):50-5.

Abstracts
Henney AM. Chronic plaque or acute rupture? The yin and yang of vascular tissue remodeling [abstract]. Atherosclerosis 1997; 134:111.

 Books and Monographs
Kahn CR, Weir GC, editors. Joslin’s diabetes mellitus, 13ed. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1994: 1068pp.

Book Chapters
Karnofsky DH, Burchenal JH. The clinical evaluation of chemotherapeutic agents in cancer. In: Macleod CM, editor. Evaluation of chemotherapeutic agents. New York: Columbia University Press, 1949: 191-205.

Proceedings as Book
Zowghi D, Ghose AK, Peppas P. A framework for reasoning about requirements in evolution. In: Foo N, Goebel R (eds) PRICAI’96: topics in artificial intelligence. 4th Pacific Rim conference on artificial intelligence, Cairns, August 1996.

Paper presented at a conference
Chung S-T, Morris RL. Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. Paper presented at the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4– 9 June 1978 Patent Norman LO. Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998

Thesis
Reference to a thesis must be made if it is unavoidable. Ratnakar P. Biochemical studies of Allum sativum Linn. (Garlic) Ph.D. thesis, Delhi University, Delhi:1992 p 87. Internet publication/Online document Doe J. Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. Available via DIALOG. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Cited 15 Jan 1999

Unpublished work and personal communication
May be included, If absolutely necessary, in the text Sinha KP, Personal communication; Shukla, R. et al. unpublished results

Publication Charges from Authors: None  

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(Updated: 18 May 2018)